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What is the verb for reliable?

What's the verb for reliable? Here's the word you're looking for.

rely on
  1. To be confident in.
  2. To be dependent upon.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Well, I'm eighteen, and I still rely on my parents for all sorts of things.”
      “We could always rely on him to come up with something solid.”
      “They are only going to need to rely on welfare for a short period of time while they make the transition to paid employment.”
rely
  1. (on) To rest with confidence, as when fully satisfied of somebody's veracity, integrity, or ability, or of the certainty of facts or of evidence; to have confidence; to trust; to depend.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “We want to make sure that our clients can rely upon us to deliver on their expectations consistently.”
      “The old furnace would rely on the surrounding air for its combustion chamber.”
      “Instead, waiters, waitresses and every other person who used to have to rely on tips to live were given a decent wage.”
relyed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rely; archaic spelling of relied.
relies
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rely
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Unlike mammals, the dragon relies on two specialised olfactory or nasal chambers, called Jacobson's organs, located in the roof of its mouth.”
      “The book relies both on original research based on primary sources and on an impressive list of secondary sources.”
      “It effectively relies on a real time streaming protocol to deliver email over mobile networks.”
relieth
  1. (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rely
reliest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of rely
relied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rely
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Another early navigational instrument that relied on the same principles as the quadrant was the mariner's astrolabe.”
      “They charged that his delay to fire ministers he found wanting was proof enough that his word could not be relied upon.”
      “Houdini relied on great skill, low cunning, and keeping tiny metal picklocks concealed about his person.”
relying
  1. present participle of rely
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When Judgement Day comes, I'm just going to be relying on a whole lot of fast talking and a winning smile.”
      “Because of the wacky aero rules, drivers are relying more on their pit crews to get the cars out quickly and up front.”
      “Sauropods were long believed to be semi-aquatic swamp wallowers, relying on the buoyancy of water to support their massive bodies.”
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